Postcard from Urumqi

[robloxpwnmaster3]

shes russian?

[cannonade74]

lmao Come back to North America bitch, you'll be sucking c0ck for that toilet-cleaning job with rest of us!

[myuhlz]

Nice video, you should try to find Fausto Cáceres there. He runs a radio called shirey & spinozza

[boldizang]

we love our country because we are belong it.

[boldizang]

i love urumqi and i love china

[chilipadi2306]

Thanks for the education. I truly envy your adventurous spirit. In my young days I used to hike/traveled to forsakened places and those are the memories I treasure most. Also, because I was into life-changing meaningful pursuits. Wishing you all the best in your travels.

[pierrevegas]

Good tour

[bennocelt]

This is great, tx, very informative

[alkelliher]

I love your video! My son was born in Urumqi, Xinjiang. My husband and I adopted him in December 2004 ..Thanks for posting!! It brings back memories of our visit.

[gaozhi2007]

Ha I love the stairwell. I swear every stairwell in every apartment building in this whole country looks the same.

[ZZYXZ]

MAN!!! I AM SO HELPLESSLY IN LOVE WITH THIS PLACE!!!!

[yearling37]

What a wonderful vid. Keep them coming if you can. Updates please!

[UyghurPawlos]

China was part of Mongol empire, as your theory modern china should be part of Mongolia! Shishuangbana was part of Thai empire, so it should be part of Thailand! and there is hundreds of enough examples! maybe Uyghur's mother land was part of china, but you can't to deny Uyghur Kingdoms like Karahan, Idikut, Udun, Ili, Kroran...etc. as your theory most central Asian countries should not be independent, because they were part of Russian empire! but you are wrong Mr.Chinese

[UyghurPawlos]

I wander why some people always speak out some nonsense?! somebody say Chinese empire's territory. ok. maybe this land was belong to chinese empire, but it does not mean anything. remember lots of chinese territory was part of British empire and other western empires. why you don't give those territory back to England, France and Portugal... etc. Taiwan was part of Japanese empire, as your theory, Taiwan should belong to Japan, why you say it is yours? nonsense!

[f30624700]

@UyghurPawlos i wonder why the white has not given back the country (US) to indians?? But one thing need to be recalled that xinjian has been part of China for many years. Of course, there are always dispute at the countries' border for who the owner of land is; but if you look back in the history, xinjian has been part of China since 60BC. If you date earlier than this you must then say all the world is belong to whoever first comes to the earth.

[f30624700]

As Uyghur chinese has been raised and brought up in China, they are just same nationalities. So why do people make so much riots and dispute about that?

[UyghurPawlos]

Thanks for your video! it seems been a long time i had leave from this city, it is so Warm and sad city for my life. i couldn't forget my sister has raped by Chinese and suicide. my cousin death 5th July 2009 under Chinese immigrants. all those thing i will never forgot, but i forgive them. because Jesus teaches us how to love our enemy! i've been persecuted by chinese authority because of my ethnic and faith. anyways, God is Good! God bless Uyghur!

[polentone2]

Interesting video, show real life,, Compliments!

[stevo728822]

Brilliant video Tiffany.

[YingXingDeChiBang]

ok I know that theres a conflict between Hans and Xingjiang ppl...

but im half XingJiangnese and half Chinese

mom is from Urimuqi and dad from Beijing...I really dont know which side i should be on~~

[TheEternalTriumphant]

Does anyone know the name of the song and/or artist at the very end of this video?

[TheEternalTriumphant]

@TheEternalTriumphant Would I be right in guessing it's in Uyghur? Anyone know the song title or artist?

[draqonofwhitestars]

she is just there cause she wants to live there. no specific reason.

[SwedishBerryCake]

do you still live in urumqi? what did you do there? i plan to live there when i am finished with university....

[fadd2000]

so good video.. brave woman I admire her deeply. Best withes to you may God protect you

[cuteboy9000]

is there ant way I can get contact with Tiffany?

[captinschlong]

The air seems to be pretty clean there in this video. When I worked in that area of China in 2004 I could hardly stand it. The air was such that you could not take a deep breath in. It was so thick with pollution. I'm surprised. Is is it just because it's winter there or did they clean up their act a bit. I spent some time in Luntai and Korla as well. Korla was pretty cool. By the way, what are you doing there in Urumqi?

[Mysteries2010]

Is that occupied East Turkistan where Uyghurs live?

[roninstevie]

there is no east turkistan so the answer is no. (By the way "east turkistan was a kasach sowjet state established for a short period of time during the chinese civil war.

[0112337]

Anybody know what the name of the Turkish song at 2:56 is?

Please tell me...I would much appreciate it. Thank you.

[qandi001]

urumqi is a beautiful city of china very cold in december how can u walk weldon

[orientalchico]

please stop animals abuse in your country..such as dog......we will boykot all your export ......

[jidilu]

Now，those began to kill in the usa!!!

[LuckyPierre78]

Take a good look, liberals. This is what the benevolent worker's paradise you crave looks like: a shithole.

[BizgaArkinlikKerak]

FYI, Uighurs never marry Chinese or Mongols these days and past.

[kingking857]

looks like she wants to do a job an American soldier could not do in Iraq

[livinginoneness9]

whens the PRC gonna break down?

[tulmax82]

When are our decadent democracies gonna break down one may ask...

[mrblurblur2003]

Long Live China!

Turkistan is nonexistence! All belongs to China you dick heads!

[dolongchunfengzhou]

She speaks a bit Chinese.

[antimaotsetung007]

And you should go back into your momma's womb

[ErgenekondiyarBakir]

Freedom FOR TURKISTAN

[Sydneylevine]

What hateful comments some of these are. I am curious about what Tiffany is doing there, studying? teaching English? What brought her there, what is she looking for in her life. She is brave and intelligent, the sort of person I know from my own life and I congratulate her and wish her sell in her life's search of meaning. I do wish she would share some of that so I could see how she fits into this interesting multicultural city. The people look very nice.

[HeLLaSWaR10r]

that city looks like shit

[frankyu8910]

Just recalling the abject faces in Iraq, don't you westen invaders feel guilty.

[worinidezui]

They are all Muslim.

[f8kbafiv]

Soviet and British spies reported their coercions in this region couple of time already. US - NATO is exposed as well now.

[f8kbafiv]

Someday someone stupid get pay to pick on you. Before they catch on you, your families get killed everywhere, head got smashed and they shouted that you took their countries. Then you put dirt on your face, pick up weapons and shout back, "I want our countries back." then join in their march and smash some of their people who don't have weapon in their hands. You wish that somehow you can reach the payers and smash their heads off right in front of the crowd shouting, "You took our countries."

[skytown2000]

man, you can hate a president, hate a government, don't hate a country. It only shows you are too naive, too young to build your own thinking.

[Tosun1905]

Chine, most brutal, most vicious and most hated Nation in the World. God's willing, Chine will be destroyed. Nothing, not even the nukes they posses will rescue them. Sooner or later, they are destined to be destroyed. Free Tibe, Free Turkestan, Death to Chinese criminals.

[gtpson]

MORON.

[gotbowen]

how would you gonna destroy us when we have one of the top military power when are 3rd largest economy in the world when we own masive of nukes when we are the largest debt holder of usa when the world bow down to us ? how do you destroy us ? I don't know what kindda of shitty lil country you from . face the reality don't hate !

[TheHackingMonkey]

Russia has more nukes....

and the US is so rich it some how owns China trillions.

[xzh1magick]

if china is really what u said, u are not in this world anymore coz u have already killed by chinese

[Rednospunk]

I'm with you, man. China has no unity and more than 60% of the people are actually very poor. They're not that developed... (But they pretend but hey, don't forget they don't even have democracy). I don't hate Chinese but I sure wanna take a shit on all these commie-chinky racist fucktards! FUCK'EM!

[freeboy2000]

Freedom for uyghur

[thelogicoflife1]

who are u?what a unplite guy u are,I think u are chinese,right?ok,ofcourse if the goverment solve the problem on time this thing wouldnot be happen.who started frist??? the uyghurs have right to to so

[thelogicoflife1]

The situation worsened after portraits of Chairman Mao were hung in the now empty places of worship (and Muslims were forced to show their respect for such images). Some 29,000 mosques were closed during that period.13 The following stage consisted of the arrest of religious leaders on groundless and baseless charges and accusations. Some of these were condemned to death, and more than 54,000 religious figures were condemned to work in the most terrible conditions in Chinese labor camps

[jj123mytube]

Shut up you mother fucker. Dont use religion to cover up your fucking criminal evil doing. This bloody cruel animal act is not allowed anywhere in the world regardless of what fucking excuse you might have. The killers should be brought to justice and should be punished by law in the heaviest form.

[thelogicoflife1]

Although the roots of the Chinese attacks on Islam and Muslims go far back in history, these policies were changed into a systematic policy of oppression, and even genocide, with the establishment of the communist regime. When Mao founded the People's Republic of China in 1949, all manifestations of Islam were made targets. This hostility towards Islam began with the closure of mosques, religious schools and other institutions providing religious education.

[WorldLoveTerroriist0]

the trukey muslim terrorists

just stop killing innocent people

[uyghur27]

This urumqi was living in tears !! now its in blood .

chinese kill them so so so cruel . treat them not like a human being . CHINA !! CHINESE WORLD IS WATCHING YOU ! ONEDAY YOU WILL BE PUNISH AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE ...!!!

[WorldLoveTerroriist0]

turkey muslim terrorists

God damn!

[jxc0dk0]

Thanks for sharing your experience touring Urumchi, China. People are beautiful.

[cyk90703]

Uyghur TURKS shuld go to Turkey who will probably take them !!!

[poyraz100]

Uygurs, Kazaks, Kyrgrz, Tatar all belong to East Türkistan. They r going no where!! If theres someone who has 2 go thatll b the chinks. But all the TURK people of the world are more than welcome to go 2 Turkiye anytime & live there bcoz Turkiye is their home as well as much as Turkistan is my home as a Turkiye Turk...

[cyk90703]

Urumqi belongs to China and Uyghurs are Chinese literally.

They Muslims should be converted to Christians for stabilization of that region.

[gluvuv]

Wow!

[he8765]

中國人萬歲

[chris69100]

il faut bien regarder cette vidéo car bientôt les ouïghours auront disparut , tous tués par les hans.

HONTE A LA CHINE

[sameerindia]

it was started by chineese immigrants who murdered locals

arnt chineese tired of persecuting tibetans and uyghurs

[k0O01]

STFU! Muslims use any excuse to start shit for the cause of Allah.

Fuck terrorist pedophile thug Mohammad and his sock puppet Allah!

[pulsarkuant]

You such a shit! You fucken chineese pygmy-chimpanzee. You can not be a human beign. Eat dog eat man eat rats thats what you are! You still not human... Thanks to the Turks they fucked you many times. Even great wall couldnt protect you and will happen again... Just push Turks little bit more.. Read history what they capable do.. FREEDOM FOR TIBET and EASTERN TURKESTAN!

[k0O01]

Go fuck a goat and leave the kiddies alone, you pedo worshipping pervert!

There never was a eastern turkestan and never will! Get the hell out of China, fucking Muslims!

[theanhbeo]

what help you to fight the chinese? allah with his stones and sticks ? hahahah, you tell chinese they are chimpanze but you turks are so hairy, lol

fuck your whole family, turk ! get the hell out of germany ! stop begging for our money, you dogs !

[SWM952]

It's interesting to see a man butcher a sheep on the street and that its blood is being drained into a large bucket. Will that man eventually sell the meat right at that spot on the street?

[k0O01]

That man fucked the sheep and selling it's meat to his next village neighbors like a good Muslim. Don't fucking buy meat from Muslims.

[frilink]

hmmmmm....Chinese Muslim.....rare

[yanpengzhao]

i hope all the Nazis in Germany have already dead, or will die in very short time.

world peace.

[koeniggegg]

i think the world will be a better place if all the mogol chinese pigs die.

nazi will come and kill you.

with best greatings from germany :-)

[lolozai91]

lol not curious at all for germany citizen to criticized chinese goverment and support those mop who started this riot. Germany is famous who their false report and anti chinese news...even in my country malaysia which is a islam country the new s still report truth bout it unlik those in ur country.

[lolozai91]

out of the official number of 156 death...most of them are chinese. And this incident is most blieve to had controlled by group from outer region. From what i know from ur news....they oni report the number of death without saying that most of them are chinese which confused mani ppl. And i dont blieve theres a news bout a chinese boy begging those mob not to harm her mum in ur news either. Tis riot is mainly coz by those mob who wan to broke relationship btw this 2 races.

[Laranzava]

You are right, the western media are so politically correct and stuck up their own asses. When an incident happens especially with islamist groups they take a so called neutral stance and try to make it look like both sides are victims even in cases like this where the uighur are clearly guilty. When an islamic terrorist blows up a bus in Russia they will twist this and make russia look like it was at fault.

[liebegreen]

nazi pig, why you barks like a dog?

Germany?hehe, perhaps the Soviet red army f u c ked your mother in 1945, and then you born.

A Chinese say hello to your family. :-))

[liebegreen]

koeniggegg, you know in 2th World War,there are many Chinese in Soviet Red army,If a Chinese soldier rape your muter in berlin, I think your Muter would not tell you.

Check for you DNA, Hmm?

[123chinaren]

这傻妞是肛交过度的后果！！屁眼痛！！

[peterg0]

pls don't speak foul language...be civilized.This is just mastermined by some extremist in the US.

[snowhole87]

I wish you have left this place before that disaster. If not, I pray for your safety. You have a faint but sweet voice, out of the coldness I guess. It's a beautiful city. Sad it should suffer like that.

[markmore]

Muslim is part of our family and calture, any society of different religon has good and bad people. I hope China will not blame the muslim socirty for this incident, just punish the individuals whom commited the crime.

[tibetisalreadyfree]

German Nazi, fck yourself!

You're the worst in this world!

[tibetisalreadyfree]

fck German, British and American on this!

You 'd stay with Muslim terrorists!

Go Great China! Wipe Muslims out of China!

[koeniggegg]

Fuck china!

Fuck chinese!

chinese = ugly mogol human pig!!!

chinese pigs you will get your legal punishment thats sure!!!

[MDX5588]

Fuck you Germany PIG!

you know nothing about china, stupid idiot!!!

[zizaiaoyou]

是中国人操了你妈了吗？所以你这么恨中国人。

[koeniggegg]

eat the shit of your dogs you chinese bastards!!!!!

[BraVuravn]

Chinese go to Hell. Urumqi is belong to Uyghers.

[xiaodong168]

BraVuravn, you go to HELL!

[v966]

i support you.

[MDX5588]

Hey Frenchman, you should study some history and international status in quo ....or just stay in franch and shut up!

[moonhalf02]

what a rude person you are! you has been brain washed! or you got paid to say so?

[meijibig]

Type Fatumai Wikipedia on google search and find this girl - 賈曉晨.

[meijibig]

Fatumai is a Muslim. Not sure if originated from Xinjiang but her look seems to tell her ancestors come from Xinjiang area. She is taking the opportunity of living in China and then moving to Hong Kong and become a famous star there. She is famous worldwide now (not to the Western world though). Japanese also has clear description of this Chinese star!

[csengkim]

I love your postcard from Uramqi. Thanks for sharing. I guest it is very difficult to live in a new place like this in your first time. Well, have fun and peace. Greeting from Singapore.

[ksfantong]

哈哈

so 搞笑

小新加坡也好意思出来炫耀

[truenorthcorn]

Is bluewig a jew?I'm trying to practise my jew facial recognition skills.

[zbigkahuna]

Who cried for the natives of the America's before they were eradicated and put in "reservations" or, as in the case of the Inca's simply wiped out. Based on the dumb comments I read, it's OK for the white race (Europeans) to resolve a problem then (what is known today as North and South America) but not OK for Mainland China resolving a situation in THEIR Xinjiang Province. I think we should mind the log in our own eye first before we look for the splinter in someone else's.

[Salimtosh]

Fucking chinese are like cockroaches spreading in geometric expansion - eating up more territory and forcefully engulfing/assimilating other cultures. Uighurs are NOT chinese and were part of greater Turkistan up until a century ago. They speak a turkic language, nothere close to stupid, ugly mandarin language. Fuck the imperialists, fuck th chinese...!!!!

[Madman779]

sounds like u got fucked in the ass by the chinese lmao

[Salimtosh]

I wouldn't know motherfucker madman unless you can demonstate and explain to me how it feels. Sounds like you know what you are talking about. I bet that is the reason why the chinese expand like "cockoroaches" because they figured out how to be the most populous country by fucking each other in the ass

[hnkih]

FUCK YOU!!

[Salimtosh]

hit the nerve there hnkih...?

[xiaodong168]

When Chinese took control of Uighurs. The country of the U.S. was not existed yet. Can you say Europen people ate up the North America territory?

[Salimtosh]

The chinese took control of their own country just after WWII you dumbass - learn the history first and then try preaching your propaganda

[xiaodong168]

I know the history. Check the map of Qing dynasty you fool. It was part of Qing. "Their own country"? What country? What's the name? It's never existed.

[Elbottoo]

1) It wasnt their country as they only settled in that area several hundreds year ago. There were already other ethnic people living there.

2) That area already belonged to the Chinese empire for over a thousand years.

3) Out of all the ethnic people living there, only the Ughurs claim that those lands are theirs. Probably because they became the most dominant ethnic group.

4) The Ughurs declared independance but was never recognised. As such, they got overrun by China after WW2.

[BozkurtSoylu53]

You dont know what the FUCK youre talking about moron.

Do some history research asswhipe,. Freedom for the Uyghur TURKS !

[Elbottoo]

You dont know what the FUCK youre talking about moron.

Do some history research asswhipe. Xinjiang belongs to China.

Freedom for the Kurds and Armenians!

[theanhbeo]

and where is freedom for kurds ?

lol you turks are so fucking bastards. you turks living here in germany beg for our money and have created so many problems that it will soon be an end for turks.

[theanhbeo]

because they are muslims, and they want to kill buddists, who have a peaceful religion !!!

[maozedongsays]

Islam is indeed a backward and bloody religion.

Make them eat pork.

[sswffg]

i suggest you guys go to northeast parts of china which you going to see a modern city with a lots beauty beaches, nice looking guys and dilicious food. much more safer, is the key

[llss882]

different religion does not mean scission..

[alkmaarboy]

isha allah we can get free and take bake our life from mother fucker china. we heat china and russia fuck them........

[Themplo]

Tiffany have ONG´s in Urumqi??? Thanks from Amparo (Brazil)

P.S. NICE VIDEO!!!

[bigtoothbrush]

it's better to keep xinjiang under chinese administation. the world doesn't need another taliban like sh1thole that just export human bombs. lol

[pal2011]

great vid. why are you in Urumqi? not exactly an expat's 1st choice.

[subhy809]

Thanks for sharing the vedio with us,i used to live the same neigherhood as u did,now i live in France for studying,i so miss my hometown Ghulja and the cute city-Urumqi.

[kirrabeachbum]

What percentage of Urumqi is Uiygar and what percentage Han Chinese? I didn't realize there were Muslims in China.

[Mazokn]

include Uyghur , kazakh and hui etc. there are more than 55% of muslims.

[sharpjaws]

great video, i have been away for so long i forgot how it was back home. this video really brings back lots of memories. i feel warm inside :D thanks for sharing again.

[Okooooo]

Great place and great Video Thanks for sharing

[keketuohai]

Winter is kind of dreary in Urumuqi, as you can see in this video, especially here near ErDaoQiao, the oldest part of the city. I much prefer the sunshine in the summer. Took some pictures and a video in the same year, summer of 2006 (click keketuohai to see them).

[boyes1980]

great vid, thanks for sharing.

[youandi0407]

i like my city, even i am not living there for so long time. It's a fantastic place, and i am proud of that.

I am now in Shanghai, like modern city, the construction, the environment and others could not impressed in at all.

[p2k17]

Lived there for 13 years. Best city in China.  Very diverse with ethnicity. Although I am han, I love the culture and the food from the Uygurs.

[Rocotet]

Are you still living in Urumqi? I'm moving there next September.

[krymsonwulf]

Urumqi, Xinjiang; my hometown.

I love this place.

[izkormvach]

You communicate in english thats another assimilation not chinese but anglo-saxon.Think about that.

[8003149]

mda... her im nezavisimost' dadut..

kitaicy ne takie...

[efsun06]

urumci looks like any other city in Turkey. Other than difficulty reading the arabic or chinese script I wouldn't have a hard time living there...I definetely would like to visit. All though I might get yelled at in Russian like you;-)))

It happens a lot in Istanbul even though I am turkish

[lershahid]

it's pretty good. The fact that there are schools that use and teach in minority languages is an impressive achievement. Most of the countries in the world provide education in only one language.

[zl85429]

fuck you you are terrosit right? anangsigi

[uzbekuygur]

i am uzbek in urumuqi , yes chinese politics is assimilation, in that way one of turks will disappear some day

[zl85429]

right that's assimilation we have not forced them to do something,on the contrary the goverment has helped uygurs to protect their own culture!why not you tell the truth that you have seen in urumqi?

[uzbekuygur]

what u mean by helpin', they r gettin' the oil 2 shanghai directly, and coal etc. "protect"hey,u r liar, they save culture by beggin' in fact,assimilation is everywhere,and unemployment is only guradually for the uygur,they will disappear,i am a uzbek ,i am luck , i have uzbekistan,but them

[Maohammet]

Standard of living for Uighurs in Xinjiang is higher than Uzbeks and Kirghiz in their own countries.

[snowwolfspecialist55]

i'm chinese, will you marry me?

[uzbekuygur]

uygur is real turk,but we can let xinjiang(east turkistan)harmonious, no war chinese gov must give more rights 2 uygurs

[mardonpilot]

yo, wat we uyghurs need is our reindependence!

Not some bullshit rights from fckin chinese government.

[shootthedevil]

Don't you guys have a counntry already it is call Turkistan.

[toxmot]

What was she doing there? Teaching?

[diffraction07]

The Uzbek also claim Xinjiang was their old land; so do the Khazakh...are you people gonna fight against the whole middle asia? Com'on, take a break.

[EastTurkistanGirl]

the world will changged, and we will kill u one day ... dont be proud,, real terriosts are China,, hahahah.,

[diffraction07]

look, that's exactly the problem you Uygi-turki people have...you can appreciate nothing but the roughest form of resistance. If you think stabbing a few Chinese on streets at night or blowing up a few buses can solve the problem, the world can't help you. See? You've shown zero tolerance to non-turki people that's why you can't receive the due respect like Tibetans. Think, with whatever left under your skull!!

[34tube]

thanks for posting, and nice Video, longtime been not there. hope oneday been.

[Kurwanjan]

nice videos, keep goin:-)

[kopiikat]

It's Kristie! I took Uyghur with her! Nice videos, by the way, FC. They really give a feel for the city.

[Fromeu]

Xinjiang is a Chinese name for Eastern Turkistan which is occupied by China in 1949 wtih the help of former Soviet Union. But Uyghur in Abroad are still fighing for the freedom and independance of Eastern Turkistan under the leadership of Rabiya Kadeer who is now living in America in exile.

[shootthedevil]

Rabiya Kadeer is another Western stooges like the Dalai Lama. Her husband was dissent, not her. The only reason why she is a leaders is between she is a woman with a non-threatening face like the Dalai Lama. It is ashame that people who don't live there anymore try to make the people life there worst off.

[yultuz]

where r u from?

[bluewig]

Hi - both Tiffany (the girl in the video) and myself (the guy who made & posted this video postcard) are American - from California.

[Gulyar]

are u guys living in Urumqi???

[bluewig]

Hi - yes. Though -Tiffany recently went back to California for a few months and will return to Urumqi afterwards.

[EastTurkistanGirl]

hey,, xingjiang is Chinese name,, it is not real,, it means new land.. we have our own name East turkistan. and can i ask u guys . why u stay in urumqi, wat u guys do there? teching stuff?

[daffordile]

Your own name east turkistan was given by russian in the 19th century. The name Xinjiang was given by manchurians 400 years ago. Xinjiang was ruled by mongols at that time.

[Themplo]

Hi guys. One simple question. You have ONG´s in Urumqi? What are Tiffany doing in Urumqi?

Thanks from Amparo (Brazil)

P.S. Nice video